Wednesday, September 29, 2010

A long time ago, like ten years ago, I used to buy all my clothes from this store. It was across the road from where I worked and I probally averaged a dress per paycheck. In fact I was in there so much, the manager offered me a part time manager job there.Well, I didn't take it. I moved and soon, I didn't know where there were any stores anymore. Skip to today. I ran across their website online. You can order clothes off their website.This made me so exited, that I had to share!

Monday, September 27, 2010

This is our front door. It was that color when we moved in. I have always hated it! I have always wanted a red door, but in order to paint the door red, I would have to paint all shutters and garage door too ( because of the yucky reddish color they are, they wouldn't match).So, last week, I got this great idea ( on a whim) to paint it black. Funny, I thought that this would be a quick and simple task. Well, it ended up taking half the day and there was a lot of headaches that came along with it too. Last week was full of little challenges anyway. Well, here is the finished product. Do you like it?

I want to get Welcome in white vinyl letters and put it under the window. I haven't fount them yet, only in black.
What do you think?

Friday, September 24, 2010

Sorry for the lack of posting this week, I have been very busy. I am taking my three youngest children to the eye doctor today, ALL at the same time. I'll let you know how that goes. I also painted my front door yesterday, I'll post some before and afters later. Well I know I missed last Friday, but I will try to stay on the ball here. School has started once again.

This one I stole from last year, but its a really good one, and I thought it could use another post!

Carmel Pecan Apple Pie

crust

1 refrigerated pie crust softened

filling

6 cups sliced, peeled apples

3/4 cups sugar

2 tablespoons flour

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 tablespoon lemon juice

topping

1/3 cup caramel topping

2 to 4 tablespoons chopped pecans

heat oven to 425

make pie crust as directed using 9" glass pie plates

in a large bowl, gently mix ingredients

spoon into crust lined pie plate

top with second crust

seal edges and flute

cut slits or shapes into the top layer of crust

Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch-wide strips of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Immediately after removing pie from oven, drizzle with caramel topping; sprinkle with pecans. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

I am looking for some inspiration. I have a two page paper due Saturday about my childhood. I thought maybe that if I talked about my college education, I might find some inspiration.

Why am I adding college to my already, very busy life?

I stay at home; I take care of our four children, my husband and our two dogs and two cats...I am busy, believe me.

I do hope to return to work when all four of my children are in school all day.

I am seeking a Bachelors degree in Humanities, with my concentration in Literature. Future plans include a Masters degree in Education. I want to to be licensed in fourth through ninth grade, but I really want to teach eighth grade English.

After I graduated high school, I did attend college classes at a local branch college. I first took psychology classes, and then business classes too. I guess I was thinking human resources in the back of my mind. Then I took some marketing classes and enjoyed them, I started to head in that direction. I was working as a customer service representative at a bank at the time. I also still worked at the movie theater that I worked at in high school. I thought I was set, and I didn't really care to much about school. My mom had been working in a bank, still does actually, since I was two years old. She has been a loan officer, branch manager and investment banker. Mom was happy with my job choice and that was fine for me.

Then, two years later, I made a drastic change. I moved an hour away and went to a different school. I took animal science and horse husbandry. That lasted two quarters, but I had started working at another theater and became a manager there.

I was happy there for a while.

Jumping through another job and meeting and marring my husband, school was out of my mind for a while.

After having my second son, I quit a manager job at a retail store to go back to school. I was in a English and social studies teaching program. I was in my junior year, with one year left when my husband received a job offer in another state that we felt that he needed to take. Instead of going to school, I went back to work. I worked in a book store, which happened to be my very favorite job that I have had.

I was out of school again, for a while.

We moved back to Ohio, and I had our last child.

This Spring, I enter into another school and another program.

It is a program that will take me around two years to complete. I could finish it in a shorter peroid of time, but taking two classes a quarter is about all I can handle with everything else.

It is moving by quickly though, I am already starting my third quarter.

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